Corrections & Amplifications

Updated Jan. 19, 1999 12:30 a.m. ET

THEGLOBE.COM rose 606% from its initial public offering price to the close on its first trading day in November 1998, while MarketWatch.com rose 474% on its IPO day on Friday -- the two biggest first-day IPO gains ever. The figure for theglobe.com was misstated as 474% and MarketWatch's was misstated as 471% in a table accompanying the Heard on the Street column...